CVE-2017-7642

The sudo helper in the HashiCorp Vagrant VMware Fusion plugin (aka vagrant-vmware-fusion) before 4.0.21 allows local users to gain root privileges by leveraging failure to verify the path to the encoded ruby script or scrub the PATH variable.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jul/29	Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/hashicorp/vagrant-plugin-changelog/blob/master/vagrant-vmware-changelog.md	Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://m4.rkw.io/blog/cve20177642-local-root-privesc-in-hashicorp-vagrantvmwarefusion--4020.html	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42334/	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:hashicorp:vagrant_vmware_fusion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-08-02 19:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-7642

Mitre link : CVE-2017-7642

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-7642

JSON object : View

Products Affected

hashicorp

vagrant_vmware_fusion

CWE

CWE-426

Untrusted Search Path

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